Coming home outfits- as important as you thought?

Just wondering your opinion. I wasn't too crazy about a coming home outfit for DS and I'm glad I wasn't because he was bigger than we really thought. But I am not big on shopping anyway. I just wanted to make sure he had something Mets on.

After having your first DC, did you change your mind about planning for a coming home outfit?

Message edited 11/8/2008 3:45:59 AM.

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Nope. I didn't change my mind. It's still important to me and I will again shop for the perfect coming home outfit for any new babies I have.

Message edited 11/8/2008 4:21:57 AM.

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Nope, I was so desperate to get out of the hospital and home again that I completely forgot about the outfit, I couldn't really be bothered!

I won't bother for the next one.

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now that I had DS it's not important. I went shopping and found the perfect outfit. He was supposed to be (according to sono) an 8 pound baby. well, he was born less than 6 pounds and the outfit looked ridiculous I didn't spend a lot bc it was on sale at disney, but I wish I didn't put so much thought into it. next kid is coming home in feetie PJ's!

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I put DD in the same dress that I was brought home in... it looked ridiculous since it was so big, and the second we got home I took her out of it, because i dont think it was too comfortable... i guess it was cute for a few pictures...

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I shopped around for an outfit and wound up settling. So that wasn't so important.

But Ryan's GiGi (great grandmother, my grandma) made him a cardigan, bonnet, blanket set. It was very important to me he wear it at some point on his coming home day.

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Didn't work out for us - Alex was born a peanut at 6lbs so nothing I had bought fit her and she looked absolutely ridiculous. I had to leave the hospital and go straight to BRU to pick up some preemie outfits!

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It was, until before we put him in his seat he puked all over it and had to come home in a less snazzy onesie!

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Yeah, in the hospital the outfit i had for DS was huge so I ended up putting him in a preemie outfit that someone brought to the hospital...it wasn't that cute but it fit and that was actually more important to me! THis time around I hope to be prepared, I at least want the outfit to be one that I picked out.

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Posted by pharmcat2000

Nope. I didn't change my mind. It's still important to me and I will again shop for the perfect coming home outfit for any new babies I have.

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Not so much the outfit, that I didn't really care about, but I did care that he wore home the same sweater, bonnet and blanket that I had. My grandmother made it for me, and my mom added blue ribbon to make it special.

I am saving it for my sister if she has any kids

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Ya, I thought it was important. I found a really cute outfit and knew it was "the one" . I liked it also because it was comfy and had layers. She looked adorable in it :) Although she would have looked adorable in anything!!

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nope brought an newborn, and 3mos outfit just incase thank goodness bc dd didnt fit in the newborn size but i forgot mittens so i put socks on her hands lolololol now that just goes to show u i didnt give a crap and just wanted to go home

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yes it's still important, but not THAT important if that makes sense. i loved DS's coming home outfit even though the newborn size was big on him. i will be saving it for him since my mom didn't save mine. i love the pictures that i have of him in it, even though he changed into a onesie after he was home.

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I just wanted something cute for DD to wear so I wasn't too gung ho about the coming home outift. We knew she would be on the smaller size so I was more concerned about fit and weather. I love that she wore a cap that she also used the day of her christening and will be turned into a hankerchief that she can use at her wedding. That was the important item for me.

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The coming home outfit was somewhat important to me. I really did search until I found something I absolutely loved. I did change him as soon as we got home though...lol.

I will do the same if I have another

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My feelings on the coming home outfit had changed with the birth of all of my kids....

Ariel came home in one of my newborn outfits that someone had made...

The twins outfits were tremendously important to me. I think it was b/c I had always wanted twins and after losing one set and having another....the road it took to get there....yada yada yada. I even had to make sure they had the perfect beanie babies b/c at the time they were snuggling preemies with beanie babies. (not that they wound up being that preemie)

For Caden I just chose from one of the few newborn outfits that I had. Didnt matter to me in the least...Funny thing is..that it was more important to me for him to have this hat for while he was in the hospital than anything else.(If you know me and my DH it'll make total sense)


Sadly it got lost shortly after our arrival home...

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Well DH picked it out!! Turned out to be huge on him!! Important? I guess in a way it was.....DH picke dit on his own when we found out at the 20 week sono it was a boy

And now since it was SO HUGE I have taken his monthly picture in it every month so far! I am going to see how far we get with it!

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I had a hard time choosing one that I liked. It was big on her but I am glad we did it. I would definitely shop for one again.

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I picked a cute coming home outfit but it was one of the first ones I saw - so I def. didn't go crazy looking.

I already have seen a couple of cute coming home outfits for #2.

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For DD she had a cute little dress
For DS he came home in a white onesie

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Nope. Didn't care at all. Just picked out a cute one piece sleeper with jacket and matching hat and mittens in a neutral color since we didn't know what we were having. Just wanted to get home!

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I had a coming home outfit all picked out, but the day we brought DD home from the hospital it was much warmer than we thought, so she didn't need the heavy sweater and booties that it came with. We actually just used the pants onesie, plain socks and the blanket. No one saw her but me and DH (well except for pictures). Next one, I am definitely not going all out for a coming home outfit.

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It was a gift so we used it but it was gigantic on him (0-3 months ) so he literally wore it for the ride home and then we changed him. It's a nice idea - it's such a special day. I remember we had our wedding CD playing in the card and our wedding song came on as we were driving through the neighborhood - it definitely hit me then we were bringing home our son.